Fri, Aug 09
|San Juan Island Grange
Artist Talk: Mayumi Tsutakawa
Mayumi Tsutakawa, a Seattle writer and curator, will give a talk about her father, the artist George Tsutakawa (1997-1910), at 6 pm on August 9. 2024, at the Grange Hall, Friday Harbor
Time & Location
Aug 09, 2024, 6:00 PM
San Juan Island Grange, 152 First St N, Friday Harbor, WA 98250, USA
About the Event
Mayumi will present her father's history as a Japanese American artist, his influences within the growth of Pacific Northwest modern art, and his accomplishments as one of the most prolific sculptors of public art in America.Mayumi also will speak about her brother, the sculptor Gerard Tsutakawa, and her son, light art maker Kenzan Tsutakawa-Chinn. All three artists are highlighted in the exhibition "Tsutakawa: Generations" at the SJIMA until September 16.
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Mayumi Tsutakawa is an independent curator and writer, born in Seattle.
She has selected and managed artwork by Asian/Pacific Islander American and other artists of color in exhibitions or collections for Wing Luke Asian Museum, Asian Counseling & Referral Service, Seattle Center, International Community Health Services, Bumbershoot, Lumen Field/Paul G. Allen Foundation (football and soccer stadium art program), and San Francisco State University Gallery.
Mayumi often writes about arts and heritage subjects and is currently researching her parents’ Japanese…